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ajar

/aˈxaɾ/

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verb/aˈxaɾ/

to fade, wither; to wear out; to wrinkle; to humiliate someone

El sol ajó las flores.The sun withered the flowers.

Synonyms: marchitar, desgastar, deteriorar, arrugar, humillar

From older ahajar, from Old Spanish haja, probably from Vulgar Latin *fallia (“defect”), from Latin fallĕre.

noun, masculine/aˈxaɾ/plural: ajares

garlic field, garlic patch

Etymology tree Latin ālium Latin allium Spanish ajo Spanish -ar Spanish ajar From ajo + -ar.